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SPECIFICATION for-ming part of Letters Patent No. 629,112, dated 1' uly 18, 1899.

Application tiled March l 1,1898.

` TO'LLZZ whom it may oon/cern.:

dress and from the weight of her undergarments. In addition to inflicting upon her y pain and sickness and undermining her physi, ical condition this downward-dragging force has invaric bly caused the displacement of the waistband of the skirt from its proper relative position tothe Waist of the dress, or if a blouse is worn from its proper relative position to the blouse, and has been the means of great annoyance and inconvenience to the wearer arising from the disarran gement of the skirt and the exposing of the undergarments. Several means have been tried to hold t0- gether the waistband of the skirt and the waist of the dress, the most vcommon and the most popular being the common hook and eye attached to the waistband of the skirt and to the inner side of the bottom of the waist; but it was found that the weight of the skirt tore the hooks and eyes lfrom the waistband and from the Waist, which allowed the waistband .to sag and in some cases to expose theunder.- -garment in the same manner asfif the hooks and eyes had not been used. Again, in the case of a blouse it has not been practicable to hold the skirt and waist together by means of hooks and eyes, as ,they would be exposed to view, and the skirt in this case would be only supported by the compression of its waistband around the Waist of the wearer, and the weight of the skirt would cause the waistband to be dragged downward vuntil its downward movement'would be arrested by theV Wearers hips.

To obviate these difficulties by detachably suspending the skirt of the dress from the corset and securely holding the band of the skirt and the blouse' or waist in their proper relative position is the object of thepresent invention, which consists of the device herein- Serial No. 673,496, (No model.)

after set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the claims. Y I

In the drawings, Figure l represents aperspective view of a portion of the waistband ofa skirt, the bottom f the blouse, and a portion of the corsets; showing these parts heldin their proper relative position to each other. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the garment-supporter attached to the corsets and to the waistband of the skirt of the dress. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the same partsA as illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. Liis a perspective View of the stud and the arms for detachably connecting it to the corsets.4 Fig. 5

` is a perspective view of the loop to be attached tothe waistband of the skirt. i

' Like-letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

A'represents the stud, which embraces in its construction an enlarged head aA and a shank 'ct'. TheV end of the shank a opposite the head ais cut away to form a pintle a" and a shoulder ai. yB B represent two arms each provided with a hub @through the bore of which passes the pintle d", and C represents an enlarged washer riveted on lthe pintle ct" to prevent the removal of the arms B B from the shank. The-hubs b of the arms B B are held tightly between the shoulder a3 and the adjacent side face of the washer() and with sudicient freedom to permit of their free revolution on the pintle, which serves as a pivot. The end b' oreach ot' the arms B B is hook-shaped, formed bybending vthe metal forming the arms back upon the body. l l

D represents the loop, the body d of which, as shown in the drawings, is of a substantially rectangular form, and d' represents a projection from the middle of one of the sides of the body d. In the projection d' is a slot d communicating with the slot or opening in the body d of the loop, the Width ofthe slot d being less than the diameter ,of the head of the stud. The slot or openingof the body d of the loop is much -greater in dimensions than the head of the stud in n.order that the head can freely pass therethrough when the parts are being assembled. The washer C isl suiciently large to voverlap the edges of the corset -sections when they are not tightly drawn together.

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The use of the invention is as follows: The

projection d is stitched to the inner side of the waistband of the skirt sufficiently below the top to entirely hide the loop from View when the skirt is Worn. The hookshaped ends of the arms B B are inserted through two opposite predetermined eyelets of the corset and suspend the stud in an y predeterminate position, the hook-shaped ends abutting against the eyelets, thus preventing any side movement of the arms and to all practical purposes holding the arms and stud rigidly in position. Theloop, it has been stated, is stitched to the waistband of the skirt, and when the skirt has been put on by .the wearer the loop is passed over the head of the stud and so assembled as to allow of the shank of the stud entering the slot Win the projection d. The projection is thus suspended on the shank ot the stud and is held securely in position by the head of the stud bearing against its sides.

It will be inferred from the foregoing description that the whole weight of the skirt is upon the corset, and if the corset is provided with shoulder-straps the whole weight of the skirt is suspended from the shoulders of the wearer. It is also possible to suspend the waistband of the undergarments in the same manner upon the same stud. It' a blouse is worn, the loop is assembled inthe same manner on the stud, with the bottom of the blouse held tightly between the loop and the stud. 'This arrangement keeps the blouse in its proper position, preventing the bottom creep ing above the waistband of the skirt.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A garment-supporter embracing in its construction a stud, two arms pivotally mounted on the shank of the stud, each arm having a hook-shaped end to engage the eyelets of a corset, a Washer mounted on the shank of the stud to overlap the edge of the corset-sections, a loop to be attached to the waistband of the skirt and held by the stud, substantially as specified.

2. A garment-supporter embracing in its construction a stud, two arms pivotally connected to the stud, having hook-shaped ends to engage the eyelets of the corset, and a loop to be attached to the waistband of the skirt and held by the stud, substantially as specified.

3. A garment-supporter embracing in its construction a stud, two arms pivotally connected to the stud having hookshaped ends to engage the eyelets of the corset, a Washer mounted on the end of the shank of the stud to overlap the edge of the corsetsections, and a loop to be attached to the waistband of the skirt and held by the stud, substantially as specified.

4. A garment-supporter embracing in its construction a stud, two arms pivotally connected to the stud having hook-shaped ends to engage the eyelets of the corset, a washer mounted on the end of the shank of the stud to overlap the edge of the corset-sections, a loop to be attached to the waistband of the skirt and held by the stud, embracing in its construction a substantially rectangularshaped body, having a; projection provided with a slot, of a narrower width than the head of the stud, communicating with the slot through the body of the loop, substantially as specified.

5. A garment-supporter consisting of two arms each having at one end a hook to engage the eyelets of the corset, and at the other an eye, a washer opposed to the eyes of the arms, a stud, the shank of which passes through the eyes and washer having an enthe garment consisting of a substantially rectangular-shaped piece of metal having a longitudin al slot of a greater Width than the head of the stud, and a lateral slot arranged at substantially right angles tothe longitudinal slot and communicating therewith, of a lesser Width than the diameter of the head of the stud, substantially as speciied.

Toronto, Canada, January 7, A. D. 1898.

GEORGE MCKNIGHT. In presence of- C. II. RIoHEs, M. A. Wnsrwoop.

\ larged head on the `opposite side of them-ms to the Washer, and a loop to be attached to V 

